03 Dec, 2024 Explore our Tech Legal Outlook 2025 By Clare Murray Elaine Choo We are pleased to launch our Tech Legal Outlook 2025 which explores key global trends and legal developments in the tech sector. 2025...
19 Dec, 2024 Exchanging experiences: Legal Summit at the Prague Game Developers Session 2024 By Laetitia Nicolazzi The video game sector has emerged as the largest segment within the interactive entertainment industry, continuously evolving also thanks...
18 Dec, 2024 EU says good-quality DORA registers are within reach By Raza Naeem James Morris Frances Hodgkins Simon Treacy +1 more... Show less Earlier this year around 1,000 firms took part in a “dry-run” to test the process for reporting registers under the EU’s Digital...
17 Dec, 2024 Navigating the competition law landscape in the age of generative AI By Lodewick Prompers William Leslie Schweta Batohi Gen AI is fast becoming the favourite new topic of countless competition authorities. In this blog post we provide background on the Gen...
16 Dec, 2024 FCA takes first step on its crypto roadmap By Harry Eddis Richard Hay James Morris Olivia Murphy Sam Quicke +2 more... Show less The FCA recently issued its crypto roadmap to map the future development of a comprehensive regulatory regime for cryptoassets. Now the...
16 Dec, 2024 Riot Games’ International Arbitration Court: A new dawn for esports dispute resolution By Tom Cassels Sinziana Ianc Benja Arnott Vivien Li Elio Cunico Salma Shitia Dylan Wyatt +4 more... Show less We consider Riot Games' establishment of an arbitration court to manage esports disputes in League of Legends and Valorant and discuss...
12 Dec, 2024 UK opens review of its administration regime for payment firms By Harry Eddis Richard Hay Frances Hodgkins Olivia Murphy Arjun Lakhani Sam Quicke +3 more... Show less HM Treasury has launched an independent review of PESAR, the Payment and Electronic Money Special Administration Regime. PESAR was...
11 Dec, 2024 UK – The Government perspective on the Data (Use and Access) Bill: Third time lucky? By Richard Cumbley Julian Cunningham-Day Georgina Kon Greg Palmer +1 more... Show less We were delighted to welcome Privacy Law & Business to Silk Street to discuss the new Data (Use and Access) Bill. An august panel of...
11 Dec, 2024 Digital assets in the Abu Dhabi Global Market: FSRA establishes a new regulatory framework for Fiat-Referenced Tokens By Gabriella Savastano Zoe Zhang Trump’s decisive win in the US election has fuelled the crypto market with enthusiasm, pushing Bitcoin to new all-time price highs....
11 Dec, 2024 Subscriptions wrapped – consumer contracts come under scrutiny throughout 2024 By Kim Rust John Eichlin Verity Egerton-Doyle Kris Ekdahl +1 more... Show less In 2024, subscription contracts have attracted significant scrutiny on both sides of the Atlantic, especially in digital markets. As 2024...
10 Dec, 2024 Hong Kong’s new cybersecurity laws for critical infrastructure comes closer to reality By Albert Yuen Eunice Lee Jasmine Yung Jerry Wang +1 more... Show less We previously reported on Hong Kong’s proposed implementation of a new omnibus cybersecurity legislation for critical infrastructure...
09 Dec, 2024 Enhanced data laws in Southeast Asia – opportunities and challenges for data centre operators By Ruoyi Lu Adrian Fisher Alex Roberts Alaister Johnson +1 more... Show less Drawn by the rapid pace of digitisation and the surge in demand for cloud-based services in APAC, multinationals are expanding their...
06 Dec, 2024 UK and EU – Cookie rules to become the “law of everything”? By Greg Palmer Ceyhun Pehlivan Georgina Kon Tanguy Van Overstraeten Sonia Cissé Daniel Pauly +3 more... Show less Recent developments in the UK and the EU could greatly expand the scope of the cookie rules. This expansion is problematic as the cookie...
03 Dec, 2024 Competition regulation in digital markets: 5 Themes in 5 Minutes By James Hunter In 2025, enforcers will have more tools at their disposal than ever before. But “with great power comes great responsibility”, meaning...
29 Nov, 2024 How businesses in Asia are harnessing AI to meet growing ESG obligations By Alex Roberts Gilly Hutchinson Artificial Intelligence (AI) – and generative AI in particular – has an interesting role to play in the net zero transition and the wider...
28 Nov, 2024 California's AB 2426: Game changer for video game and digital media purchases? By Laetitia Nicolazzi Kris Ekdahl Effective 1st January 2025, a new law in California (AB 2426) will change how digital games and other digital goods, including movies,...
26 Nov, 2024 Dubai’s VARA issues new crypto marketing regulations and guidance By Gabriella Savastano Businesses wishing to market virtual assets and related activities in the UAE will now have comply with a new set of Marketing...